Hoppy, Darryl Smith's gritty little dog - bane of groundhogdom 2018-03-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo by Darryl Smith. Hello again, Ed. I'm happy to fulfill your request for a picture of the treeing dog. She's a small shepherd mix named "Hoppy" (long story, that was her name when we adopted her 10 years ago. She used to be a fearless squirrel-chaser when she had an audience but I looked out one day to see her "sunning" and a chipmunk was actually going over her instead of around her on numerous food stashing trips.) Here she is overflowing the Shih Tzu's little bed because the Chihuahuas took over her big bed. The Shih Tzu took over MY bed... - DARRYL SMITH Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Brindle & White dog - perhaps Whippet mix - looking for home 2018-03-04 - Bull Run Road, Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage. Do you know me or who I belong to? Found at the intersection of Hwy 768 and Hwy 55 this brindle and white dog (perhaps a Whippet mix) is looking for her home. If you has any information about her humans please contact Barbara at 270-250-2979. - Barbara Armitage Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Something you don't see everyday - Groundhog facing fear 2018-03-04 - Photo by Darryl Smith. Darryl Smith zoomed in closer with his camera, and writes, "Having had my sanity called into question a few times before, I wasn't relishing the idea of being the guy that called 911 over what Bill Murray referred to as 'Varmint Cong' in the movie Caddyshack. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Something you don't see everyday - Groundhog hanging on 2018-03-04 - Photo by Darryl Smith. "I took some pictures of it and I had to zoom because I didn't want to spook it into climbing higher, not being able to get down, me having to call the fire department as if it was a cat up a tree etc." - DARRYL SMITH Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Something you don't see everyday - Groundhog up a tree 2018-03-04 - Photo by Darryl Smith. "I was outside and heard my dog barking at something and thought she had treed a squirrel (I thought she had outgrown that in her advanced age) but when I looked over it was a groundhog that had climbed up to safety." - DARRYL SMITH Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

Reid Crawford has grown-up worries about man cave 2018-03-04 - Glasgow, KY - Photo by Reids Mom Amanda at left, by Red Elephant Studio at right. Meet Reid Crawford, at left as a smart 5-year-old, a long way from a baby in his dad's Bowling Green Fire Department suit pocket, at right. As a big boy now, he has big-boy worries. He told his Nana that his dad is putting a man cave in Reid's basement and he's quite concerned. Click 'read more' for the details of Reid's concerns. Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

The elephant in the garden visual with Walker's crime report 2018-03-04 - Columbia, KY - Photo from JIM -- with many thanks for the gift of the old newspaper copy! . The late Pete Walker, partner, developer, fearless guide at Waggener-Walker Newspapers, Inc., contributed an article as 'Statesman Newspapers Crime Reporter-at-large' that chronicled the Columbia City Police solving a baffling crime where they captured the largest criminal to date in 1970. Looking back, it may be the largest criminal caught by the CPD to date, even now in 2018. The culprit was a two-ton elephant that had escaped from the Clark and Walter Circus at the fairgrounds. The elephant's crime was eating up and trampling down Marvin Downey's garden. To add insult to injury, he turned on the water, took an elephant bath, and then wallowed on the rest of the garden. During the night, Mr. and Mrs. Downey reported having heard water running and what they thought was a cow bellowing. Clicking 'read more' goes to the full story. (The accompanying pretty poor art was mine, done at Pete's and my husband Ed's insistence that there should be a visual. - LW) Read More... | Comments? | Click here to share, print, or bookmark this photo.

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